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B26-0390 • 2025

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Pinto
Last action
2025-10-23
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on how the task force's recommendations will be implemented.

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

This act changes the deadline for a task force to make recommendations about pre-arrest diversion and allows notices in newspapers as well as legal periodicals.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the date by which the Prearrest Diversion Task Force must give its initial recommendations from June 2025 to July 31, 2026.
  • Updates the law to include both legal periodicals and newspapers for certain types of public notice.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Prearrest Diversion Task Force
  • People involved in probate processes, including creditors and unknown heirs
  • Legal periodical publishers and newspaper publishers

Terms To Know

Prearrest Diversion
A process where people suspected of certain crimes are given a chance to avoid arrest by participating in programs or services.
Probate
The legal process of administering the estate of someone who has died, including distributing their property according to their will.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act is only effective for up to 90 days and must be renewed or made permanent by a later law.
  • It does not specify how the recommendations from the task force should be implemented.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0174, Expires on Jan 21, 2026

  2. 2025-10-23 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  3. 2025-10-15 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Oct 29, 2025

  4. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  5. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  6. 2025-10-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0390 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
D.C. ACT 26-174
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OCTOBER 23, 2025
To amend, on an emergency basis,section1507 of theCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfor
theDistrictof Columbia EstablishmentAct of 2001 tochange thedateby which the
PrearrestDiversionTask Force shallissueinitialrecommendations forprearrestdiversion
ofcertainmisdemeanoroffensesandcategoriesofpersonstoJuly2026;andtoamendTitle20 of theDistrictof Columbia OfficialCode to allowfornoticeof requestfor
formalprobate,noticefroma foreignpersonalrepresentativeofa decedentwhoowned
anypropertylocatedintheDistrictofColumbia,andnoticeofappointmenttointerested
persons,creditorsandunknownheirsinalegalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneral
circulationintheDistrict.
BEITENACTEDBYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthisactmaybecitedasthe“PrearrestDiversionTaskForceRecommendationsEmergencyAmendmentActof2025”
Sec.2.Section1507oftheCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfortheDistrictof
ColumbiaEstablishmentActof2001,effectiveJune8,2024(D.C.Law25-175;D.C.OfficialCode§22-4237),isamendedasfollows:
(a)Subsection(g)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Within3monthsaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection29oftheSecureDC OmnibusAmendmentActof2024,passedon2ndreadingonMarch5,2024(EnrolledversionofBill25-345),”andinsertingthephrase“NolaterthanJune2025,”initsplace.
(b)Subsection(h)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Withinoneyearaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection29oftheSecureDC OmnibusAmendmentActof2024,passedon2ndreadingonMarch5,2024(EnrolledversionofBill25-345),”andinsertingthephrase“NolaterthanJuly31,2026,”initsplace.
Sec.3.Title20of theDistrictof Columbia OfficialCode isamended as follows:
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
(a)Section20-323(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”initsplace.
(b)Section20-343(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”initsplace.
(©)Section20-704(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneral
circulationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”initsplace.
Sec.4.Fiscalimpactstatement.
‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§ 1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.
ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection412(a)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.788;D.C.OfficialCode§1-204.12(a)).
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